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Gardens galore at the US legation to Seoul Posted : 2021-05-09 09:23 Updated : 2021-05-09 17:54 The American and British legations of Seoul, circa 1890s. The Moffett Collection courtesy of Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, PA By Robert Neff A rose by any other name ― Rose Foote, circa 1880s. Robert Neff CollectionIn the 1890s, the American legation was rather dismal when compared to its peers. The British and Russian representatives were housed in large new buildings, modern and imposing, while the American representative was forced to make do in the original Korean buildings that were already on the land when it was purchased the previous decade. The American compound s buildings were fairly run down and often had to be repaired ― and while they may have been looked upon with somewhat embarrassment by the American community in Seoul, they were proud of the American legation s extensive gardens. ....
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By Robert Neff Rose Foote, the wife of the first American representative to Korea, was certainly painted in a negative light by Ensign George C. Foulk but she also had a soft side ― one that he chose not to mention. According to her biographer (Mary V. Tingley Lawrence, whose prose is definitely dated), even though Rose was busily engaged in the renovation of the legation, it wasn t enough for the energetic woman and she longed to do more. She chaffed at being locked up on the legation grounds and longed to go out and meet the people. She often climbed a ladder and looked down over the outer wall to study the spirit and the local color of the busy panorama in the crowded streets. The hard, primitive methods of the men and women at work, the hungry children, the squalid poverty and misery enlisted her serious attention. ....
By Robert Neff The first American representative to Korea was Minister Lucius Foote in 1883. We know a good deal about his official life ― and even some of his private life ― from his reports to the State Department and gossip from his subordinates and peers. I don t find him very interesting and feel he had a very minor role in early American-Korean relations. His wife, however, does interest me. A ROSE BY ANY NAME A beautiful image of Rose Foote. Date unknown - from Mary V. Tingley Lawrence s biography. Robert Neff Collection The dashing image of Lucius Foote, the first American representative to Korea. Date unknown - from Mary V. Tingley Lawrence s biography. Robert Neff CollectionRose was a graceful woman who dressed elegantly and was described as being accomplished and beautiful with a majestic bearing. She was in her mid-50s when she arrived in Korea, and generated a great deal of interest with Koreans of all social classes, not only because she was the ....
By Robert Neff On the evening of May 13, 1883, the American warship U.S.S. Monocacy arrived in Jemulpo harbor. It wasn t its first foray into Korean waters. Almost twelve years earlier ― in the same area ― it had, as one newspaper declared, engaged in throwing shot and shell into the Corean forts. This time, however, the ship s arrival was not seen as hostile act but rather one of peace. On board were Lucius Foote, the first American representative to Korea; his wife, Rose; Charles S. Scudder, the personal secretary to Minister Foote; Pierre L. Jouy, who was attached to the legation; and two interpreters ― one was Japanese and the other was Yun Chi-ho. ....